Series synopsis
The Hunger is a Canadian drama mystery sci-fi & fantasy crime television series that premiered on Showtime on July 20, 1997. It ended on March 5, 2000. It was created by Jeff Fazio. It stars Terence Stamp and David Bowie.
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio.
Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and i ...
Premise
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio.
Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
Premise: What do you hunger for?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Terence Stamp as The Host
- David Bowie as The Host
Guest cast
- Timothy Spall as Salesman
- Sofia Shinas as Claire
- Robert Ito as Uncle Lee
- Christian Tessier as Cop #3
- Daniel Craig as Jerry / Handyman
- Nick Mancuso as George Rain
- Amanda de Cadenet as Not-Miranda
- Arthur Holden as Robertson
- Karen Black as Miss Gati / Landlady
- Lena Headey as Steph Reynolds
- Tomas Arana as Rick McCabe
- Liliana Komorowska as Natasha
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 47 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | ||
| Season 1 | 22 | July 20, 1997 | March 27, 1998 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 10, 1999 | March 5, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Inside - The Making Of Season 1 | |
| 2 | The Hunger Inside - The Making Of Season 2 | |
| 3 | Mr. Skin's Top Ten Nude Scenes from the Hunger |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Swords A man gets into a relationship with a woman who can survive being peirced by swords. |
July 20, 1997 |
| 2 |
Menage a Trois A wheelchair bound woman uses her nurse in a plan to seduce a young workman. |
July 20, 1997 |
| 3 |
Necros A man named Philip Casnoff falls for a beautiful woman. Her old companion, however, may be a vampire. |
July 20, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sanctuary When a young drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) arrives at a disused prison seeking help having been shot earlier that day, he sees that it is owned by a famously disturbed artist, Julian Priest (David Bowie), who has one final masterpiece on his mind. |
September 10, 1999 |
| 2 |
Skin Deep A young woman seeking a female partner meets Roxanna, an erotic dancer, at a nightclub and they begin an affair. This leads to new experiences of pleasure and pain as well as flirting with death. But when will the flirtation turn serious |
September 10, 1999 |
| 3 |
Dream Sentinel Based on The Sixth Sentinel by Poppy Z Brite, this is the story of a lap dancer wishes for nothing more than to forget her troubled past but the ghost of a killer haunts her and, oddly, wishes to protect her. What, however, will he want in return. |
September 10, 1999 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showtime |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 20, 1997 |
| Last aired | March 5, 2000 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |